Hello Everyone I propose, that as a list, we come up with a list of resources useful for researching Tasmanian Convicts - starting with BOOKS. As we compile resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. Books which I have recently read and found useful include: "female factory, female convicts" by Tony Rayner - published 2005 "Convict Women" by Kay Daniels - published 1998 "The Convict Settlers of Australia" by LL Robson - published 1965 "The Last Ladies: Female convicts on the 'Duchess of Northumberland', 1853" - by Christine Woods (a list member) - published 2004 There are many more ... can you add to the list? (Please do not provide costs or outlets.) Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com

Thank you Trudy, I have nothing at all on Tasmania. We have only recently discovered our Tassie convict but we do appreciate the reference books Meg Subject: [TAS-CON] Useful Books > resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian > Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. > > "female factory, female convicts" by Tony Rayner - published 2005 > > "Convict Women" by Kay Daniels - published 1998 > > "The Convict Settlers of Australia" by LL Robson - published 1965 > > "The Last Ladies: Female convicts on the 'Duchess of Northumberland', > 1853" > - by Christine Woods (a list member) - published 2004 > Regards > Trudy

One I have found useful for my convicts. "The Convict Probation System: Van Diemen's Land 1839-1854", Ian Brand, Blubber Head Press 1990 regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail: meryl@tasfamily.net.au AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/

Damousi, Joy, 'Depraved and disorderly. Female convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Davis, Richard, ' "Unfit to Die". Irish Murderesses as Van Diemen's Land colonists' in Trevor McClaughlin (ed.), 'Irish Women in Colonial Australia', St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1998, pp.22-42. Oxley, Deborah, 'Convict Maids: the forced migration of convict women to Australia', Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Frost, Lucy and Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish (eds), Chain Letters. Narrating convict lives', Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Reece, Bob (ed.), 'Exiles from Erin: convict lives in Ireland and Australia', London: Macmillan, 1991. Reece, Bob (ed.), 'Irish Convict Lives', Sydney: Crossing Press, 1993. Reid, Kirsty, ' "Contumacious, Ungovernable and Incorrigible": Convict Women in Van Diemen's Land' in I. Duffield and J. Bradley, 'Representing Convicts: New Perspectives on Convict Forced Labour Migration', London and Washington: Leicester University Press, 1997, pp.106-123. Williams, John, 'Ordered to the Island. Irish Convicts and Van Diemen's Land', Sydney: Crossing Press, 1994. With best wishes Dianne -----Original Message----- From: Trudy Cowley [mailto:tcowley@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Friday, 13 May 2005 9:50 AM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] Useful Books Hello Everyone I propose, that as a list, we come up with a list of resources useful for researching Tasmanian Convicts - starting with BOOKS. As we compile resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. Books which I have recently read and found useful include: "female factory, female convicts" by Tony Rayner - published 2005 "Convict Women" by Kay Daniels - published 1998 "The Convict Settlers of Australia" by LL Robson - published 1965 "The Last Ladies: Female convicts on the 'Duchess of Northumberland', 1853" - by Christine Woods (a list member) - published 2004 There are many more ... can you add to the list? (Please do not provide costs or outlets.) Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Some of the books on my bookshelf that I have found useful for convict research are: "Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls" by Phillip Tardif - published in 1990. 9Now available on CD-Rom) "The Founders of Australia" by Mollie Gillen - published 1989. "The Second Fleet" by Michael Flynn - published 1993. "From Places Now Forgotten" by Marie Jones - published 1996 (index of convicts whose places of trial were outside the UK and Ireland) Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:50 AM Subject: [TAS-CON] Useful Books > Hello Everyone > > I propose, that as a list, we come up with a list of resources useful for > researching Tasmanian Convicts - starting with BOOKS. As we compile > resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian > Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. > > Books which I have recently read and found useful include: > > "female factory, female convicts" by Tony Rayner - published 2005 > > "Convict Women" by Kay Daniels - published 1998 > > "The Convict Settlers of Australia" by LL Robson - published 1965 > > "The Last Ladies: Female convicts on the 'Duchess of Northumberland', 1853" > - by Christine Woods (a list member) - published 2004 > > There are many more ... can you add to the list? > > (Please do not provide costs or outlets.) > > Regards > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

I see that several other Listers have quickly created a very impressive bibliography. My favourite is "The Fatal Shore", by Robert Hughes (1987 - still in print). I think this is an ideal point to begin to understand the convict system. Of course, this book extends far beyond VDL. You might be lucky, and find that your convict gets a mention, but even if not, this will help you to get a handle on the context of transportation. I can't recall the precise title but Charles BATESON's "The Convict Ships" is very helpful on matters of detail, once you know which ship your convict came on. Another Lister has mentioned TARDIF's "Notorious Strumpets ..." - what a wonderful title. Although this book principally deals with female who arrived in VDL upto 1829 - and therefopre may seem irrelevant if your convict was a male - the book contains many references to interaction between female convicts and other residents of VDL. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: Trudy Cowley [mailto:tcowley@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Friday, 13 May 2005 9:20 AM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Useful Books ... I propose, that as a list, we come up with a list of resources useful for researching Tasmanian Convicts - starting with BOOKS. As we compile resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. Books which I have recently read and found useful include: ... There are many more ... can you add to the list? Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com ______________________________

Here are few related to the convict system - useful for background on conditions. Alison Ian Brand - The Convict probation system, 1839-1854; Blubber Head Press, 1990 Representing convicts : new perspectives on convict forced labour migration / edited by Ian Duffield and James Bradley.Leicester University Press, 1997 John Cobley - Crimes of the first fleet convicts, Angus & Robertson, 1970 [This is included as quite a few were sent to Norfolk Island and on to VDL] Wilfred Oldham - Britains convicts to the colonies; Library of Australian History 1990 William Forsyth - Governor Arthurs convict system 1824-36; Sydney Uni Press, 1970 Alexander Graeme-Evans - Tasmanian rogues & absconders 1803-1875 ; Regal Pub's 1994 Reg Wright - The forgotten generation of Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land ; Library of Australian History 1986 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:50 AM Subject: [TAS-CON] Useful Books > Hello Everyone > > I propose, that as a list, we come up with a list of resources useful for > researching Tasmanian Convicts - starting with BOOKS. As we compile > resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian > Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. > > Books which I have recently read and found useful include: > > "female factory, female convicts" by Tony Rayner - published 2005 > > "Convict Women" by Kay Daniels - published 1998 > > "The Convict Settlers of Australia" by LL Robson - published 1965 > > "The Last Ladies: Female convicts on the 'Duchess of Northumberland', > 1853" > - by Christine Woods (a list member) - published 2004 > > There are many more ... can you add to the list? > > (Please do not provide costs or outlets.) > > Regards > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Dear All, What about the basics.... Guide to the Public Records of Tasmania - The Convict Department which can be downloaded as a pdf file (88 pages!!) http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/publications/guides.htm and then to appropriate guide. Transcribing Tasmanian Convict Records by Susan Hood and published by the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (2003) Cheers, Maree At 09:50 AM 13/05/2005, you wrote: >Hello Everyone > >I propose, that as a list, we come up with a list of resources useful for >researching Tasmanian Convicts - starting with BOOKS. As we compile >resources, Meryl Yost has kindly agreed to list them on the AUS-Tasmanian >Genealogy Mailing List website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/. > >Books which I have recently read and found useful include: > >"female factory, female convicts" by Tony Rayner - published 2005 > >"Convict Women" by Kay Daniels - published 1998 > >"The Convict Settlers of Australia" by LL Robson - published 1965 > >"The Last Ladies: Female convicts on the 'Duchess of Northumberland', 1853" >- by Christine Woods (a list member) - published 2004 > >There are many more ... can you add to the list? > >(Please do not provide costs or outlets.) > >Regards >Trudy > >Dr Trudy Cowley >List Administrator >TAS Convicts Rootsweb List >tcowley@bigpond.net.au >AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > > >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word >UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx